Halter.



PATENTBD APR. 3, 1906.

W. J. SMOUSB.

HALTER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 1a, 1905.

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HALTER..

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 3, 1906. i

Application led June 13,1905. Serial No. 265,015.

To (L7/Z whom, naar] concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM J. SMoUsn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Halters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing..

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in halt-ers, and contemplates the provision of a halter formed of an integral piece of rope and provided with a brow and throat strap formed of an integral piece of rope and adj ustably secured upon the halter, the constituent elements beingl so constructed and arrangedas to have the greatest degree of adj ustability possible.

IfIeretofore the brow-strap and crown-piece have been non-adjustable in their relative positions upon the halter. This is also true of the throat-strap and nose-loop. Hence a halter of average size will not fit a horse having a head greater or smaller than the average or a head out of proportion to the size of the throat. My invention completely overcomes this disadvantage, the Wide range of adjustability enabling the halter to be used upon a head of any size or proportions.

The detailed construction will appear in the course of the following description, reference being had. therein to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, the 'ligure beingl a perspective view of the halter with the various elements assembled in their proper relative disposition.

The halter A is formed of an integral section of rope and embodies two cheek portions 1 and 2 and an upper crown portion 3, bent between the cheek portions. The cheek portion 2 is looped a short distance from its end, as at 4, and enciroles the halter-rope 9, which is a continuation of the cheek portion 1. The loop 4 is maintained in a distended position by means of a fastening of twisted wire 5. The remaining portion. of loop 4, which is a continuation of the check portion 2, is looped at its ends, as indicated at 6, and encircles the cheek portion 1, the last-named loop being held in a distended position by a twistedwire fastener 7, similar in construction to the fastener 5. The portion of the rope between the loops 4 and 6 forms a nose-loop 8, and that portion. of the halter-rope 9 passing through the locas 4 and 6, which is designated by the numeral 10, is disposed beneath the throat of the animal and serves to tighten or loosen the nose-loop 8.

The brow-strap and throat-piece are formed from an integral section of rope, whi chis preferably of smaller diameter than the rope of the halter A and is adjustably secured thereto at points adjacent the crown-piece 3 and the integral section of rope 11. The section of the rope 11 in front of the crown-piece 3 serves as the brow-strap 12, and the section of rope l1 in the rear of the crown-piece 3 serves as the throat-strap 13. The rope 11 is looped upon itself and encircles the cheek portion 1, as indicated at 14, being adjustably held in position by virtue of an ornamental loop 15 of the same material encircling loop 14 and adj ustably disposed in the rea'r of said loop, so as to afford a secure fastening means. The free end of the brow-strap 12 is looped, as at 16, the loop boing held in a distended position by means of a twistedwire fastener 17, said brow-strap being held upon the cheek portion 2 adjacent the loop 16 by virtue of an ornamental rope loop 1S, encircling` the cheek portion 2 on. each side of the loop 16 and disposed in the rear thereof. A ring 19 is held within the loop 16 and serves as an eye to receive a snap-hook 20, carried upon the free end of the throat-piece 13, whereby the throat-piece may be readily detached from the brow-strap.

Should it be necessary to adjust the relative position of the brow-strap and throatpiece upon the cheek portions, this can be accomplished by loosening the cheek portions 1 and 2 at their respective points 21 and 22 adjacent the loops 15 and 18, where the cheek portions are bulged out slightly to accommodate the rope 11. I/Vhen the halter-rope has been loosened, as aboveindicated, the rope 11 may be slid freely in either direction upon the cheek portions 1 and 2, the said rope being held in any desired position by the tautness of the cheek portions 1 and 2, adjacent the loops 15 and 18, caused by the frictional contact therewith of the said loops, which serve to effectually secure the rope 11 in its position upon the halter.

The portion 10 between the loops 6 and 4 of the nose-loop passes beneath the tlnoat of the animal and is capable of free movement within said loop. Hence a pull upon the halter-rope 9 will serve to tighten the nose-loop should the animal get fractions.

It is clearly apparent that I have constructed a halter which is inexpensive to IOO manufacture and which possesses a wider range of adjustment than halters heretofore manufactured and whichis effectual and serviceable in use.

It is obvious that slight minor changes may be made without departing from the general spirit of my inventionl as deiined in the appended claims.

Having fully described my invention, I claiml. A halter constructed of an integral section of rope, and shaped to form cheek portions and an intermediately-disposed crownstrap, one of said cheek portions being provided with a continuation which serves as a halter-rope, and the other of said cheek portions being provided with a continuation which serves to form a nose-loop, and which embraces the continuation carried by said rst-named cheek portion, and a brow-strap and throat-piece formed of an integral section of rope, adjustably carried by said halter at a point adjacent the ljunction of said crown-strap and cheek portions and means embracing said cheek portions and said browstrap and throat-piece for holding the latter at adjusted positions.

2. A halter constructed of an integral section of rope, shaped to form cheek portions and an intermediately-disposed crown-strap, a continuation carried by one of said cheek portions which serves as a halter-rope, and a continuation carried by the other cheek portion, and looped around said first-named cheek portion,which is shaped to form a noseloop, and a brow-strap and throat-piece formed from an integral section of rope, and adjustably secured to said cheek portions at the junction of said crown-strap, said browstrap and throat-piece being looped about said cheek portions and being held in position by looped fastenings.

3. A halter constructed from a single section of rope, shaped to form cheek portions and an interinediately-disposed crown-strap, a continuation carried by one of said cheek portions, serving as the halter-rope, and a continuation carried by the other cheek portion and loosely embracing said first-named cheek portion, and shaped to form a noseloop, and a brow-strap and throat-piece formed from an integral section of rope, and having their free ends detachably connected, said brow-strap and throat-piece being adjustably secured upon said cheek portions at a point adjacent to the junction of the crownstrap therewith, and-looped fastenings embracing said cheek portions, and said browstrap and throat-piece.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM J. SMOUSE. 

